Improvement in vehicle-seats



L. G I ESS LER.

Vehic I e- Seats.-

Patented Sept. 22, 1874.

mm m/ A ATTORNEYS.

THE GRAPHIC Cb- FHOYO-UTHJSE "rl PARK PLACE,N.Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. 'GIESSLER, OF CLINTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,299, dated September 22, 1874; application filed August 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. GIESSLER, of the city and county of Clinton, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Spring Back-Rest for Vehicle-Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 a vertical section.

The invention relates to novel means whereby the jar, shock, or jolt to the back of an individual, resulting from the sudden starts of horses in a vehicle, or from unevenness in the roads, may be completely taken up and neutralized.

The invention consists in providing the seat of a vehicle with a pivoted back and springarms, as hereinafter fully described, and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

A represents the seat of a vehicle; B, the back; and O O, the arms. The back B is supported by two uprights, b b, Which are of any suitable construction, and pivoted at b I),

while the arms 0 C have ends bent, and proto yield whenever force is applied thereto, or

the Weight of a person thrown against it.

This may be applied to old or new seats with but little expense. is thoroughly effective for the purpose intended, and will obviate a difficulty long felt and appreciated, butnot hitherto sought to be remedied.

I am aware that there has been heretofore used a lazy-back, attached toframe by hinges, while a pair of springs at the sides of seat serve as an arm-rest and to support theback; but

What I claim is The combination, with a vehicle-seat, of a hinged back and arms, O (J, held forward by springs, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

JOHN L. GIESSLER.

WVitnesses CHARLES E. FREEMAN, HERRMAN BAUER. 

